Today, Kaleidoscope author, Jim Hines is here to tell us about his story. We both love Jim’s non-stop work to make the SF community more inclusive, and we were thrilled when he agreed to write something from his Libriomancer world. Here’s what he has to say about why he chose to write for us. __________________ Nicola Pallas didn’t start out autistic. In the first draft of Libriomancer, the character was named Nikos, a...
Read MoreThe WSFA Small Press Award was announced this weekend at Capclave, and we are delighted to congratulate Kaleidoscope author, Ken Liu on his win! This award honors short fiction published by small presses, which is obvious something near and dear to our hearts. “Good Hunting” was the winning story this year, and it was published in October of 2012 in Strange Horizons. Julia had the honor of editing it, and she says she...
Read MoreToday is Coming Out Day in the US, and Julia has something to share with you: Hello, Kaleidoscope community! I’m one of the editors, and I’m also bisexual. When I was growing up, I had a lot of struggles with my identity and orientation. I was convinced that being anything other than a straight cisgendered person was wrong, and I was very ashamed of the feelings I had. It wasn’t until I was away at university that I...
Read MoreWe are only $80 shy of the $4,000 mark in our Pozible campaign! When we hit that, we’ll do a special update, so please spread the word, and help us get there! In the meantime, we thought you might like to read a contemporary YA fantasy story that we loved. “Selkie Stories Are For Losers” is by Sofia Samatar, who’s also written a FANTASTIC story for Kaleidoscope! Strange Horizons published this story in January...
Read MoreWe’ve reached 50 backers on Pozible, so Julia’s made a thank you video, starring her cat, Desdemona (AKA Monster)! THANK YOU! Please keep spreading the word so we can get this project fully funded! Tell all your friends to back Kaleidoscope on Pozible...
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